a learning experience
there was another meeting tonight regarding the kensington terrace project. before i forget, it was announced that you can send your opinions about the project to the city planning board by e-mailing jsfisher@sandiego.gov - but do it by 8 am tomorrow since they're voting on it tomorrow morning.
not much has changed - the opponents of the project seem to be unable to comprehend that they live next to a commercially-zoned area and what that means. i've learned that we have some very selfish people in this neighborhood. because they don't want a large commercial project (and the increased vehicle trips and parking it creates) on the main thoroughfare of kensington, in an area that's always been zoned commercial, the project should not be allowed to be built. it's too big, too tall, too much office space, etc. forget about the rest of the community and whether they would appreciate this resource - the opponents don't want it, and that's that!
why do people like this live in kensington, where part of its appeal is its walkability to a well-defined commercial area? if you don't want sizable commercial projects nearby, don't purchase property next to commercially-zoned areas. in fact, there's plenty of homes available in bland generic suburbs throughout san diego where one can live in a gated community that prohibits commercial development and parking on the street, where folks can avoid making friendships with their neighbors because they never interact with them in community areas. please, move out and make way for people who actually think about the best interests of their community instead of just their own.
posted by Paul Jamason @ 11/14/2007 11:03:00 PM
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Your snotty attitude toward everyone with opinions at variance with yours is revealing. You can't present your ideas without denigrating others ("unable to comprehend," "selfish because they don't want a large ...project"). It is your learning experience that is questionable indeed: You comprehend nothing about living in a residential neighborhood, and seem only to want to pack it full of sheep like yourself, who spend time in the herd, constantly seeking and grazing at restaurants and bars, together. You don't seem to possess the ability to be alone or to appreciate being absorbed in a quiet, family life. Your idea of life seems to be spending all of your time in "cozy bars" to which you can walk, presumably because you know that driving home after spending your evening drinking might land you in jail. You are the epitome of selfishness! An area zoned commercially doesn't need to become denser and bigger than the infrastructure can handle. You don't keep blowing up a balloon just because it looks pretty or because that's all you know to do with it!
Why do people like YOU live in Kensington? You still have your "make me move" offer up on Zillow, so I suppose you are trying to get out of what is a real, ordinary older neighborhood and move into an urban big box packed with like-minded sheep, and you'll never have to be alone, not one minute of the day.
If I lived next door to you, you can be sure I wouldn't want to interact with you! Your self-appointed guruship of the community is way thin and laughble.
Although I do not always agree with Paul's opinions, I don't see why you would react so agressively to his comments.
Why do you feel better qualified to review project density, design and infrastucture issues that the City of San Diego and its planners?
I think it important to replace a worn out gas station and boarded up buildings with a well thought out and appropriate project.
Opponents to this project ( which will be approved and be built) would be better served to police rundown houses in the neighborhood and ugly facades like Kensington Video.
I react aggressively to his snide, denigrating commentary about anyone who disagrees with his vision of life. It isn't the first time that he has dismissed opponents of his "perfect examples of infill" as being old, selfish, and stupid.
He provided no thoughtful analysis of the problem of the old gas station, only a slap at anyone who disagreed with the project and process at hand. I didn't "review project density, design and infrastucture issues that the City of San Diego and its planners?", ... whatever that means. And if you think the city and the planning groups are perfectly correct and have unarguably perfect ideas that never need challenging, then you are new to this town! Look around some of the disasters that they implemented in the 1950s and through 1980s!
If you don't know what a "review of project density, design and infrasturure issues" means, it is obvious that your comments are personal in nature and not a reflection of a fair and unbiased review of the project.
Dear "anonymous #1":
You said, "Your snotty attitude toward everyone with opinions at variance with yours is revealing."
How about re-reading how *your* first comments come off? Paul never let's it get personal like that *ever*. It's his blog which I personally enjoy, and it's your right to go away and not read it.
And from all the comments you wrote about living in Kensington, it sounds like you need to move to 4S Ranch or something since you don't like the cozy bars or restaurants.
Sheesh!
Hey Anonymous #1
Project just passed through the Planning Commission.
Since they have just implemented the "disasters" of the 50's and 80's , I assume you will now put up your "For Sale" sign.
I'm so happy to hear that this project was given the green light!!! I look forward to living near an even more vibrant "Main Street" for many years to come.
Anonymous #1 - You want peace and quiet in the neighborhood? Just drive 2 blocks north or south of Adams Ave and you will find it. Better yet, takes Kengirl's advice and move to 4S Ranch.
Like it or not, Kensington is an URBAN neighborhood and that's why I choose and love living here. If I wanted to live in an area where the streets rolled up at 6:00pm everynight, I'd own a home somewhere north of the 8 Freeway. Do you to think that everyone here wants to live in a completely residential area? I sure don't. They aren't proposing to build an IKEA or Home Depot in our 'hood, it's a 3 story structure that will take up only 1/2 a block. Why does that scare you?
I attended the last 2 planning meetings, and the traffic concerns are being blown out of proportion. Big deal - so it may take 7 minutes to get thru the 4 blocks of Adams Ave, instead of 3 minutes today. I really won't mind waiting at 2 stoplights instead of 1, will you? At least when you get home you will be able to walk more destinations to eat, drink, rent a video, etc.
And the whole increase in traffic numbers?!? Ok, there will be more cars coming in, but this isn't a stadium or concert venue where everyone leaves at the same time to get in or out, thus creating a bottleneck 24/7. Don't you agree that it only gets congested during the rush hours of the day? After 7:00pm the roads are fine. Geez, I wish people would use their brains on this matter.
All great cities in the world have this same formula and it seems to work for them. Imagine that, someone in San Diego actually has a vision?!?
Look at Lindbergh Field, because of a lack of vision by our early civic leaders, this city is stuck with a podunk, single runway airport for the rest of our lives.
My wish for Kensington is that all empty lots along Adams Ave. could be filled in with retail and residential projects, so that one could walk from the freeway to the Diesel Salon without passing so many "dead zones" like you do today. Coronado, Del Mar and La Jolla Shores all have longer, busier and wider commercial strips that run through them and it seems to work there.
Bottom line - CHANGE IS GOOD! Get rid of your shag carpet, 8-track player and Dorothy Hamil hairdo and realize that San Diego isn't a small town anymore. The cows are gone from Mission Valley and tallest building downtown is no longer the El Cortez.
Kensington will NEVER be Hillcrest or the Gaslamp, so there's no reason to be scared of this project. As I recall, some Kensington residents scared of what the park on the other side of the freeway would do to this neighborhood if built, right? Well, it's been a couple of years now and I'm still waiting for the gangbangers and drug dealers to infest the neighborhood.
You'll eventually see that today's decision is a good thing for all Kensingtonians!
Well said, last Anonymous poster ... once you get north of Alder or south of Madison, everything settles down a bit. Simply 1-2 blocks away, and you don't even notice the CURRENT traffic, parking, jaywalking issues that are on Adams.
I truly feel that this project will help make all of us safer from the mess that Adams is now.
And to have a "true village" in Kensington?! What a concept ... I remember coming over to the Kensington "village" around 10 years ago before we moved here, and it was a dump. I remember thinking, "is that it?".
I hope that this project brings the actual village concept of Kensington to fruition ... we've been on the right path for the last year or two with the new stores and restaurants, etc., now we can expand it with more destinations.
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